Will Rogers
Will Rogers
William Penn Adair "Will" Rogerswas an American cowboy, vaudeville performer, humorist, newspaper columnist, social commentator, and stage and motion picture actor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth4 November 1879
CountryUnited States of America
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We've seen so much destruction and teardowns of dated homes. We just don't fit in anymore.
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We were bothered by the staff time taken up by being in the landlord business. Some of (our) resources we were having to expend on ourselves to stay in the landlord business; ... it's a good thing for everybody.
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What it ended up being was a restriction not on the message but on the messenger. If the messenger was an Indian casino, they got to deliver the message.
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The deadline has come and past and we couldn't get a letter from (Coliseum executive director) Bill Holmes (to approve the use of the Coliseum).
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Cities depend on a healthy mix of uses and people for their vitality. As a pre-eminent world city, London is a magnet to people from across the globe.
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My architecture tends to be legible, light and flexible. You can read it. You look at a building, and you can see how it is constructed. I put the structure outside.
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Architecture is measured against the past; you build in the future, and you try to imagine the future.
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If you had a carbon tax, you'd have less cars and more bicycles, more people getting around on foot and by public transport.
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I don't believe in the ownership of work.
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I love my job. What would I retire to?
My parents always told me that nothing was impossible.
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You have to modernise; you have to change - you can't just be traditional for the fun of being traditional.
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I think we did a pretty good role, linking, being a sounding board really and a driving force, especially from the bottom up. I think that part of this is bottom up as well as top down.
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Architects design buildings; that's what we do, so we have to go with the flow; and, even though I'm still an old Leftie, global capitalism does have its good side. It's broken down barriers - the Berlin Wall, the Soviet Union - it's raised a lot of people up economically, and for architects, it has meant that we can work around the world.